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McKenzie River snowpack to drop by 56 percent due to global warming
2013-07-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Oregonian: A new study adds to a growing chorus of data that show that in a warmer world, Oregon could see more floods in winter and more droughts in summer. Oregon State University researchers simulated the effect of 2 degree Celsius increase on snow in the Cascade Range. Their findings -- published this month in the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences -- reveals that as more precipitation falls as rain instead of snow, peak snowpack in the McKenzie River watershed will drop an average of 56 percent....
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